New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-26
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ON j. o. NAT.
THEVS.
CHARGING HIM WITH TREACHERY AND
WILFUL FALSEHOOD.

MR.. DOUGLASS UNEQUIvOCALLY DENIES THAT HI
WAS EVER "LOUD IN PRAISE OF TIE DEM.
oCYATIC PARTY"
IA few weeks Mr. Frederick Douglass in response
TO an invitation to take the stump this State for tho
Republican ticket. wrote letter to the Hon c. NJ Bliss,
declining to do of the precarous condition
Of his health He urged the coored voters the State
however. to support the Republican ticket,
and expressed his earnest devotion
TO the Republican Mr. j. C..
Matthews. who will be remembered a rejected cand
date for the Office formerly hold at Washington by Mr.
Douglass thereupon wrote letter which appeared in
IN, Aba5y Aryrs, c:tcising Mr. Dourlass's attitude
ami charging him with having been disloya the Re
publican party. Following is Mr.. DOugasss rejoinderI
To ~, Fditor Of The Tribun..
The letter Of Mr.. James c. Matthews published in
The Albany Aryns, is the letter Of very unhappy man;
finding himself grossly in the and not
having tic grace TO repent and orsake his ransgresson
vanly endcavors to silence the voice of what little
science he may have left by trying describe others
he a. bad as himself and Is not very scrupu0us to
the 10y which he seeks TO accomplish his purpose
Men Will 10 many wild things in sncb straits that they
wond not do when in normal condition. Even Judas
IscarlO in such state Of desperation when lie realized
his awful crime OF treason went out, told, and
hanged himself; AMI il is surprise TO that Mr..
James C. Matthews under the lash and sting OF my Lee.
ter 10 the Republican Committee OF New York, and in
fu view Of his the the people
in his attempt betray that hands the
Democratic party, should become desperate AMI
to any method Of deraction within his reach. In tho
Punishment shall now administer to him, while hope
IL may be warning 10 Others shall gam credit for
cncncy | duly consiler the unhappy moral and polit
ira surroundings Of the cnprt He has suffered much,
aud has greatly inundated invcterate seeker
oi Office and nominated to Office he for
satisfactory 10 both political parties after long painful
struggle was utterly rejected | shall show my
reply that, fin ling himself IN false AMI pernicous
position, lie resorts to glarng
filshood for his Justification before the people Nor il
this strange rat will fight when he is coraered aad
dies pare man, though he I've ard. VIII do the
same thing wien driven TO the wall
Mr. Matthews seems yet to have 1t to learn that y
>enood utterly worthless when 1t To have the
ability TO deceive. for he makes a fasehooh the very
head and front Of his against personally. with.
which, lawyer he is. he knows full well lie has no
whatever This impudent IA school Mr. Matthews
puts ihe folio wing words: Bit the appeal to and the
cbmn. from Mr. Douglass, uIder all tine circum.
stances attending that gcntlenans public career,
hoih suggestive and remarkable when eOntras;ed with
his pubic letters aud uerances carefully Published
laudatory .: the NewYork Democracy during the time
he held 0lhrc under Democratic Administration, and
which are well known to the eoorea voters of This state
and country"
Now. in reling The above very long aud crooked
aud very crafty sentence. know not whch
demu: the fasehood II contains The reckless folly,
the de- -t stupidity. that permitted prompted ts
uiteTancc. What could the man have been thinking
about The marvel IL that one notorious for his
cunning devices and his sinu0us contrivances should
have made biinSel. responsible for statement, the
falschool and worthi'>,ness of which easily
posed this utterly defy Mr.. Matthews any
els produce line. sentence syllable OF any
letters Ht,oan'cs oi mine, either when ia oibce out
Of Office. in any ust :aIdaory OF the Democratic
party of New YORK., f. in nothing else ..n claim tine
merit of consistency wtAOut fear Of contradiction.
can al least do t1r =roauI ~ steady devnton
10 The primo plc- Of the Republican party. and my
equally steady opposition 10 the Democratic party.
Whether ice OF Oiice. ana whether that party
has presented itself before the public for approval IN
dress another. have never ceased 20 oppose It, When
n before the country IN most taking Republican
earb AMI nominated for the Presidency the honest
hc rcd Horace Greeley when there WAS regular rush
into ranks from the Republican party recognized IT
anl denounced il - the same Old snake % new SKIN,
ana utterly refsel to follow my heiovci friona, the
mobr-f al them an, the great thaGios sumner,
into the Democratic ctnp-a camp mo which Nj
Matthews, for t,ous satisfactory 10 himself but which
Of personal character, betoos himself hut unlike
Mr. sumner AMI many other good men, Nir Matthews
forgot 10 cpc back his first love. and hl, foIndered
IN the mirc al Democracy ever since.
False IN hi. statements Of n, position thus at the
outset. Nh Matthews goes III al the NDiIngs OF his
long letter IN his course OF gsrbnE and hrfepre sen
Democrats Tor q period OF nearly two wears: and he
hoped hat swept away the ain Of Plcuilee from my
eyes. ana aware Of having hal any such ass9-
citation. Ony little while ago he describes a. land
Ing the Democracy OF NewNolk and now he describes
hliny priuliccd against it. Even Nr. Matthews.
Lawyer he =. can hardly reconcile the contradiction
lie Douglass in. office loud M h> praises OF
The Democacy. AMI particularly OF the New York Demo
Gratis" What proof does Mr.. Matthews submit In sup
port of this statement None whatever. When d man
speaks loudly he De heard ~ somebody and no man
has heard speak oddy or IN whispers ~ praise
OF the Democratic party. lhls charte or bis mas no
other foundation than IN the disturbed brain ~ MI.
Matthews himself ami II = but the repetition OF the
same tai school already exposed and upon which,
shy ,tcl like be rings the changes. vainly thinking that
iaschoOd often repeated may after awhile Get Itself
taken for truth Let him bring tins charge again. az he
Nty much pleased with H. and let HIM endeayor 10
prove by quotations from nay letters ana speeches, aud
II will he shown he utterly worthless. Happily, what
did say Is Oh record and 10 not shrink ioB he PIE
,entdtrn al word sentence on Tins subject ever
uttered 10y ne.
OF Mr. Cle,ciands inaugural address dia say M
better words have dropped from the east ortI'o az Tie
aptul since the Inauguration days Of Abraham LlDroln
ma General Grant -; ami Tins say YETI but adicI
Whether the President VII he able Ia administer fhc
so, eminent in the eht those liberal sentiments an
open question" and has heard say that
Mr.. Cleveland has been able tO administer the Go cfn
ay 80 sii; and N this be loud III my audatioD of The
party of Ncw-loIk,' Mr. Matthews Is well
The scene that Mr.. Matthews describes rs having
aiken place Ia the prest nee Of eA-President Hayes
luay apochypha Is NJ" al other represt natiohs OF
ne by him. 10 there any truth in what lac Says
wore before ;he committee OF Congress think
hOwed before that committee that not only knew
omcthng OF the condition of the Freedman's Bank, but
hat also Knew what my duty WAS IN respect 10 that
ank In all else that Mr.. Matthews has htdto say about
main reliance leave what rcm1ns IN bc disposed or
y any who may like to do 81. Rsspec,fn.iSn ,..,..
Cei,U mn, AiocoSio, u. C., oct. 20, 1857.
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